P45 and max amount of memory

[Chriz]

When Anandtech did the article on the P45/P43, it was stated that the chipset would support up to 16 GB DDR2, but only 8 GB DDR3. But, I went to Intel's website to look at their P43 and P45 motherboards. Their P43 board says it only supports 8 GB of DDR2, but the P45 board says it supports 16 GB of DDR3. So who is in the wrong? I can't even tell, even the specs on Newegg don't match (some say 8, some say 16).

Not really concerned about it, but I am curious.

 

[BassBomb]

Maybe it depends on southbridge?

 

[secretanchitman]

im pretty sure P45 supports 16GB...

 

[Chriz]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
im pretty sure P45 supports 16GB...

For both DDR2 and DDR3?

 

[york1129]

Only DDR2, half [8GB] for DDR3.

 

[Chriz]

Originally posted by: york1129
Only DDR2, half [8GB] for DDR3.

Ok, so why does This Intel DDR2 motherboard support a max of 8 GB of DDR2 while This Intel DDR3 motherboard support 16 GB?

That is opposite of what some websites like Anandtech have been saying.

 

[Heidfirst]

P43/P45 may well be similar to P31/P35 where P35 supported more & faster RAM than P31.